The City of Kolding and Gymnastics in Aagaard, Denmark!

Kolding is a wonderful Danish city to visit and is located in Jutland Denmark! From the Royal Kolding Castle towering above the town, to the old houses and city hall scattered throughout the town, along with the botanical gardens, Kolding is full of treasures of traveling and has much to offer the foreign traveler.

After starting our journey in Copenhagen and spending a week at the Viborg Gymnastics and Sports Academy College, we continued our month long journey of exploring Danish culture through the study of Danish Gymnastics outside of the city of Kolding, at a High School Boarding Academy called Ågård Efterskole, which is in a small town called Aagaard, located in the southeastern part of Jutland. If you haven’t noticed, Ågård can also be spelled as Aagaard in the Danish language. Either spelling is correct. Ågård is not only the name of this boarding high school, but it is also the name of the small town in which it is located and Ågård also happens to be a common surname of many Danes! While enjoying the immersion experience of living at the gymnastics boarding school, eating with the students and participating in their classes, we also were able to have a little free time to explore the city of Kolding.

There are multiple interesting sites to see around the city of Kolding from the castle to the church, from the town hall to the old city center and the botanical gardens. Read more about Kolding and the Ågård Efterskole, the school of gymnastics, on the Treasures Of Traveling website. 

-- Luke Keeler